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One More Day

from Wreckage (2004, album) by Paul Sprawl

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Heartbreak song about personal boundary issues with a sort of 12-step determination to get through one day at a time. Some great harmonica playing - the first time I ever played with Howard was this track. Picked him up at the Atlanta airport, went straight to the studio, set up and turned the two-inch tape machine on to record this. No rehearsal at all.

lyrics

1.
You played me far too well
My heart wants you still
I should be prickly now
Like a porcupine with its quills

2.
I like films that have scenes
With no narrative at all
Just some wind blowing
Tumbleweed or a plastic ball

~chorus~
My heart's like a bombed out palace
Dust in the sunlight and a busted piano
War-torn and shell-shocked
And you're much too far away
What was here has gone away
But I'll stay around for one more day

3.
I fit in everywhere
And no place
But I'll tell your future now
Just by looking in your face

4.
Polyester caffeine pants
With a cotton sugar moonshine blend
Somebody hunting cool
For commodification

~chorus~
My heart's like a bombed out palace
Dust in the sunlight and a busted piano
War-torn and shell-shocked
And you're much too far away
What was here has gone away
But I'll stay around for one more day

You played me far too well
My heart wants you still

credits

from Wreckage (2004, album), released April 1, 2004
Paul Sprawl - voice and guitar
Howard Levy - harmonica

license

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